SATELLITE ACCUMULATION AREA (SAA) STANDARDIZATION

BY: FIU EHS

SELECTING A PROPER LOCATION FOR SAA

Area must be of an adequate size to assure that it can safely store the waste being generated in the area and containers of and containment for waste does not:

- Protrude into aisle-ways.

- Block access to emergency equipment or exits.

Area should be located near the process that is generating the waste.

SELECTING PROPER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACCUMULATION AREA

Area Should Not Be Located:

Inside laboratory fume hoods that are used for other purposes. (If a fume hood is used for the storage of hazardous wastes NO other equipment or chemicals may be present in the hood).

Next to open floor drains or sinks.

On bench tops of benches, flammable or corrosive storage cabinets, or other precarious locations.

Area Should Not Be Located:

Next to operations which are incompatible with the wastes (e.g., ovens, flammable wastes, high voltage laboratory equipment).

Next to areas where incompatible chemicals or wastes are regularly used or stored.

Inside laboratory fume hoods which have drains or do not have adequate secondary spill containment.

SELECTING PROPER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACCUMULATION AREA

SELECTING A PROPER LOCATION FOR SAA

Example: Fume hoods can be used as either an experimental zone or secondary containment for SAA. Cannot be used for both, only one.

Signage

1. Label area “Satellite Accumulation Area”.

2. Print Laboratory Hazardous Waste Satellite Accumulation Area Requirementso Located here : Hazardous Waste Satellite Accumulation Area Requirements

oProper signage helps identify types of chemicals used and currently in use. (Flammable, Corrosive, Toxic).oPrint Zero Quantity Sheet. Located here: Zero Quantity SheetoSatellite Accumulation Signage Located here: Satellite Accumulation Signage

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:SAA FORMS

FIU LAB SAA Signage

Zero Quantity FormSAA Checklist

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:MARKINGS

Yellow Tape – Serves as a perimeter and boundary for SAA.

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:MARKINGS

Yellow Tape – Serves as a perimeter and boundary for SAA.

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:MARKINGS

Yellow Tape – Serves as a perimeter and boundary for SAA.

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:COMPATIBILITY

Segregation of flammable drums and inorganic drums.

Appropriate distancing of waste drums.

Organic Chemicals Inorganic Chemicals

SAA STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENTS:SAA CHECKLIST

Can be downloaded on EHS website.

http://ehs.fiu.edu/Pages/default.aspx

This checklist must be completed on a weekly basis!

1. HOME

2. PROGRAMS

3. EHS FORMS

4. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Containers

FIU EH&S do not provide teaching or research labs with hazardous waste containers. Lab mangers and primary investigators are responsible for purchasing their own hazardous waste containers.

Secondary Containers must be compatible with hazardous waste.

GENERAL SAA SAFETY GUIDELINES

Broken Glass Containers

Are puncture resistant plastic or corrugated cardboard.

Only for the disposal of:

Clean broken glass (no chemical residual on surface of broken pieces of glass).

GENERAL SAA SAFETY GUIDELINES

Labeling Waste Containers

Mark all Hazardous waste container labels with the words “Hazardous waste”.

Quantity of all constituents identified as hazardous waste in the container must add up to 100%.

GENERAL SAA SAFETY GUIDELINES

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